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Family dramas have been used repeatedly in cinema to highlight generational gaps, in one of the most common, and frequently most intriguing “tendencies” of non-mainstream cinema. Documentarist turned filmmaker Yang Lina presents a movie in that fashion, by bringing together three generations of Chinese women whose relationships are mostly dominated by clash and tension.

“Spring Tide” is screening at Helsinki Cine Aasia

Guo Jianbo is a journalist specializing in social news, who, as the intro scene highlights, frequently deals with scandals. Her attitude, however, also brings her trouble, since her articles are not exactly of the popular type the audience wants, as a former classmate who is now her higher up repeatedly states. Jianbo is also the mother of a young daughter, Wanting, whom she raises alone, with the help of her mother, as her husband was killed in an accident. The mother, Ji Minglan, helps out in the local community after retirement,...

I consider movie as the next best thing to travel in getting to know a place, its culture and people. There is so much of China to be seen in the news and the only medium which could take you one step closer is cinema. I should say I was amply rewarded by director Yang Lina’s “Spring Tide”. It got to a point where I started falling in love with the people of a foreign land. I was mesmerised and couldn’t pry my eyes away from the screen for a minute.

“Spring Tide” is screening at Five Flavours Asian Film Festival

Ji Minglan (Elaine jin), her daughter Guo Jinbao (Hao Lei) and granddaughter Guo Wanting (Junxi Qu) all live in a small apartment. Minglan has not been able to forgive her divorced husband from thirty years ago. Jinbao has good memories of her father and attributes the affairs...

I consider movie as the next best thing to travel in getting to know a place, its culture and people. There is so much of China to be seen in the news and the only medium which could take you one step closer is cinema. I should say I was amply rewarded by director Yang Lina’s “Spring Tide”. It got to a point where I started falling in love with the people of a foreign land. I was mesmerised and couldn’t pry my eyes away from the screen for a minute.

“Spring Tide” is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival

Ji Minglan (Elaine jin), her daughter Guo Jinbao (Hao Lei) and granddaughter Guo Wanting (Junxi Qu) all live in a small apartment. Minglan has not been able to forgive her divorced husband from thirty years ago. Jinbao has good memories of her father and attributes the affairs she...